Category Archives: Graduate School

Lincoln On Leadership: Executive Strategies For Tough Times, by Donald t. Phillips I snagged this book, along with a few other ones, on a recent trip to a Gig Harbor independent bookstore that led at least one of my friends … Continue reading →

When studying for my Masters of Arts in military history at Norwich University a few years ago, I was required to take a course on American military history. As might be expected, my favorite area of that class was the … Continue reading →

When I was an undergraduate student, I took it upon myself once to write, for the final paper of a course on historiography, an examination of the pseudoscience of naturalism [1]. After that piece of writing, from time to time … Continue reading →

The Wars Of German Unification, by Dennis Showalter Anytime I request a book from the Michigan War Studies Review [1], I am committing to a pretty ambitious review of a book. Each book review for this journal is intended to … Continue reading →

When I arrived at work this morning, I found that one of my colleagues, with a shared interest in data and with a strong preference for databases rather than spreadsheets as the foundation of business information, had shared three online … Continue reading →

One of the ways that the WordPress Reader function slightly increases the stress of life while also enriching my own capacity for wry and ironic social commentary is in the irritating but common phenomenon of “womansplaining” that takes place on … Continue reading →

In a weekend that seemed full of opening prayers–I ended up giving the opening prayer to services yesterday in Hood River and two opening prayers for meals while visiting the homes of others–the way in which my own thoughts ended … Continue reading →

Before I begin detailing this modest proposal in detail, I would like to give some context. A few days ago, an associate of mine in one of my many areas of interest requested of me that I write a research … Continue reading →

When I was a graduate student in engineering management at the University of South Florida, one of the courses I took for my degree was a course on Six Sigma. Although the term has become mired in jargon, the essential … Continue reading →